FEATURE
D
uring the European Grand Prix,
at the brand new Baku City
Circuit, Mercedes driver Lewis
Hamilton struggled to establish the
correct settings to obtain performance
from his car, although it later emerged
that his team had erred with the
settings, the radio exchange between
the world champion and his engineer
Peter Bonnington was one of the few
highlights of the race.
Hamilton: “De-rates everywhere, surely
isn’t helping. Is there no solution?”
Bonnington: “We’re working on it.”
Hamilton: “You guys need to pick up the
pace.”
Bonnington: “The problem appears to
be with the current mode that you are
in.”
Hamilton: “I don’t know what you mean.
I don’t know what’s wrong.”
Hamilton: “Can I not reset this thing?”
Hamilton: “This is ridiculous, guys. I
don’t know, I’m looking at my fricking
dash every five seconds trying to find
the switch in the wrong position.”
Bonnington: “Lewis, it’s nothing you’re
doing wrong, just got a setting that’s
incorrect.”
Hamilton: “I might not finish the race,
I’m going to try and change everything.”
Bonnington: “Erm, we don’t advise that,
Lewis.”